Captives and Corsairs: France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean

by Gillian Weiss

Book Overview

Captives and Corsairs uncovers a forgotten story in the history of relations between the West and Islam: three centuries of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa. Through an analysis of archival materials, writings, and images produced by contemporaries, the book fundamentally revises our picture of France's emergence as a nation and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804792097
• ISBN13: 9780804792097
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"